“The greatest danger which confronts our nation today is not political but religious,” said Ricker. “You cannot have free schools, free speech and a free press where the mind is not free.”

Churches sometimes end up on the wining side after the battle has been won by Freethinkers!

A husband could beat his wife, or sell her, take all her property and her children. Down to the 19th century, women were denied the vote because the law specified only men.

The Dictionary of American Biography admits of Barton that "she ... was never a Church member."

"All Christendom professes to receive the Bible as the word of God, and what does it avail?"